Upper Corentyne fishermen will soon benefit from a jetty costing some $5m which is currently under construction by the Ministry of Finance at Linepath – a project which is expected to greatly benefit the smaller fisherfolk in the area by allowing them easier access to offload their catches and seines.
Regional Chairman, David Armogan on Monday explained that at a public meeting in the Upper Corentyne Area, Minister with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh was approached by fishermen who requested that a jetty be placed in Linepath, Upper Corentyne “so that they could be able to bring their catch out from the Corentyne River.”
A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into a body of water and may serve as a breakwater, a walkway, or both.